One of America’s top commercial green developers, Jeffrey Abramson of the Tower Companies in Washington, D.C., will present to architects and developers in the nation’s capital plans for the world’s largest Vedic green office building — "Tower II" — to be constructed in Rockville, Md.
The 200,000 sq. ft., $72 million world-class office building will incorporate the most advanced green environmental technologies along with the health-promoting design principles of ancient Vedic architecture in harmony with natural law. Construction is scheduled to begin Winter 2005. Abramson said he was forced to go beyond green to fulfill his quest to provide clients with the healthiest possible work environments that are conducive to success.
To find the right design, Abramson turned to the world’s oldest system of architecture, Vedic architecture. This was not a difficult decision. Abramson has been enjoying the health benefits of living in a Vedic home in Potomac, Md., for eight years.
Abramson acknowledges that as recently as a few years ago, Vedic architecture would hardly be mainstream in business. But times have changed.
Vedic architecture was brought to the West by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced the Transcendental Meditation® program nearly 50 years ago and Ayurvedic preventive medicine 20 years ago. Tower II is designed by architects Kishimoto, Gordon, Dalaya of McLean, Va., in collaboration with Maharishi Global Construction of Fairfield, Iowa.
